Some Pics

Ali's new look. It's a whole new world for Ali, she never knew things were so crisp, clear,and full of color.

Musical Spencer. He won this guitar at our church auction for $12. Ask him to play it for you -he's sounding pretty good.

He's also really liking his band class where he's learning to play the trumpet.

Our family get together. Notice the beautiful flowers in the forground made by Ali and her cousin Katie.

Magnus is turning 1 Tuesday! Happy Birthday Heather June 1st.

Grandma Tammy (Dave's sister), Mom Cherish, and sweet baby Suzie.

Tricky Asa

Sam and his buddy cousin Lydia -not as innocent as they look.

Sam and I got to hang out with the Bodily's at the Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat.

Definitely the highlight for Sam. He didn't want to leave Lightning the Dolphin.

Happy Mother's Day!

I was blessed with a really great mom. I'm so grateful for her example and support to me and my family. She is righteous, kind, good, and wonderful in every way. I love her so much!

I am also blessed to have a really great mother-in-law. She has been through so much and just keeps moving forward. She's been good to talk things through and is so understanding and nonjudgemental. I love her too.

I love being a mom, but I haven't always loved Mother's Day. I remember about 16 or 17 years ago sitting in Sacrament Meeting while Dave talked about motherhood, tears streaming down my face. I wasn't a part of his talk. It was Mother's Day and I didn't know if I would ever celebrate it as a mother. We had been going through different fertility treatments and nothing seemed to be working. Finally, after about 6 years, we adopted our spunky sweet Spencer. We met him the day he came into this world and loved him so much from that moment. 2 years and 3 months later, we were so blessed to have another precious baby join our family, Alexi. She was so sweet and loving. I didn't know motherhood could be so wonderful. When Ali was 2 we received another wonderful blessing. It was from Pres. Faust. He blessed Dave and I that we would be able to conceive and bring a baby into this world with the specialized help of modern-day medicine. 5 and a half years later, after lots of specialized medicine, we had Samuel -our sweet little monkey. These 3 terrific children make my life so full. They are all going in different directions -it's amazing that 3 kids from the same family can be so different.

I got to talk to a small group of girls about motherhood. I told them that for me it was like a roller coaster. Sometimes you're up on top and sometimes your down, maybe even struggling to get back up. Sometimes you have to wait with anticipation not sure what's around the next corner. It's so exciting and exhilarating. Sometimes it's really scary and unsettling but it's also reallly fun. Hopefully when I'm done I can say, "That was Great!"

I love you Spencer, Alexi, and Sam. I'm so grateful for this wonderful privilege of being their mom.

Happy Mother's Day!